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The Motion Mixer is comparable to an audio mixer. Motion clips can be
cross-faded, stretched, layered, and finally, mixed down to a single clip.
The Motion Mixer works by placing motion files on tracks on page 8150. With
the Motion Mixer, you can:
■ Transition or fade between motions.
■ Move motions in time.
■ Trim a motion so only part of it is used.
■ Vary the speed of a motion over time.
■ Use animation from selected biped or non-biped body parts within a
motion clip.
■ Keep planted feet from sliding during foot-based transitions.
To see a biped motion in the Mixer applied to the biped in the scene,
you must turn on Mixer Mode from the
Biped rollout on page 4331.
In the Motion Mixer, motions are imported and mixed for any objects in the
scene. Once motions are mixed, you can pass the mix on to other biped (if it
contains BIP files) and non-biped objects (if it contains XAF files), or save the
mix to a MIX file.
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